Some words are only preserved as phrases or idioms such as sleight of hand , kith and kin and eke out.

You probably catch yourself using an old-fashioned word from time to time. I know I do. Words such as tomfoolery, brouhaha, charlatan, crapulous, bamboozle, fussbudget and lollygag are a few ingrained into my vocabulary. Some words are simply woven into our family and passed down from generation to generation. Or maybe you just read or heard a word, liked it and adopted it.

What old fashioned words do you use?

Some words, I don’t like. For example, words like moist, peuce and suckle make me feel uncomfortably twitchy. Haha.

What words do you dislike or think are gross sounding?

There are some words that I love the way they sound such as the words lyrical, serendipity and gossamer.

What word or words do you think sound beautiful?

With some words, I like their definitions, but for one reason or another they became obsolete or are rarely used.

Ever notice a kid makes up a word and tries to get it to stick as a slang word by using it repetitively? That’s sort of my plan with the following words. Haha. I’ll just use them often enough and maybe one will make a comeback.

1. Spermologer:

Study of seeds. Study of trivia. Source: Wikipedia. A picker-up of trivia, of current news, a gossip monger, what we would today call a columnist. Source:The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten